Dr Murray Davidson was born and grew up in Somerset West, South Africa. Having completed his Matric with 5 Distinctions at Hottentots Holland High School in 1996, Dr Davidson went on to complete his Bachelor's Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MB ChB) at the University of Stellenbosch in 2002. From there he completed his internship at the Pietermaritzburg Complex of hospitals. He moved to Johannesburg in 2003, where he went on to specialize in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of the Witwatersrand. Having joined the Fellowship of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of South Africa (FC Cardio (SA)) in August 2010, Dr Davidson has spent time in both the United States of America and Europe advancing his skills in both cardiac surgery and minimally invasive thoracic procedures.

Dr Davidson performs all aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery; but has a special interest in performing the following procedures:

Total or All Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
Mitral Valve Repairs (or Replacements.)
Bipolar, Biatrial Cox-Maze Procedures for the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.
Minimally Invasive Maze Procedures for Lone Atrial Fibrillation.
Minimally Invasive (VATS) Lung Resections: Lobectomies / Pneumonectomies.
Minimally Invasive (VATS) Resections of Mediastinal & Oesophageal Masses.
Minimally Invasive (VATS) Decortication of the Lung or Pleurectomies.
Belsey-Mark IV Procedure for Complicated Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease.

Dr Davidson is a dedicated family man and is happily married to Mary-Anne. They have two children, Craig & Caydence. Away from work, Dr Davidson is a keen mountain biker and also enjoys hiking, sailing and the great outdoors.

"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"
"If." Rudyard Kipling.

Dr Davidson consults as follows;

Glynnwood Rooms
Tuesday
09:30 to 15:00

Please note that Dr Davidson now practices exclusively from the Glynnwood Hospital and no longer has rooms or operates at the Arwyp Medical Centre. If in need of assistance, please contact the Glynnwood Rooms.

Please feel free to contact the rooms to schedule an appointment.

With regards to all In-Hospital accounts, Dr Davidson will submit the bill electronically on your behalf to your medical aid. Dr Davidson is Contracted-In to most medical aids and is a Designated Service Provider for many of the medical schemes (including Discovery Keycare). All In-Hospital accounts are billed out at Medical Scheme Rates and in accordance with the guidelines of the Health Professionals Council of South Africa. Please note that Dr Davidson's account is rendered completely separate from that of the hospital and/or any other medical service providers. Please note that although Dr Davidson will submit the bill electronically on your behalf to your medical aid, you will remain responsible for the full payment of the account in the event of any non-payment and/or shortfall.

Dr Davidson performs the full range of Cardiac (Coronary artery bypass grafting or CABG), Open Heart (Aortic & Mitral valve repairs or replacements) and Thoracic Aortic surgical procedures (Ascending, Arch & Descending Thoracic Aortic Procedures - Including TEVAR); but has a special interest in performing the following procedures:

Total or All-Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
Mitral Valve Repairs & Replacements.
Bipolar, Biatrial Cox-Maze Procedures for the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.

For more information on All-Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and Post-Operative Care, please click on the corresponding links to the right.

Dr Davidson performs most of his thoracic (lung) work thoracoscopically - that is with the use of cameras and a series of one to three small incisions in the chest wall. Minimally Invasive or Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) are other commonly used terms to describe these procedures performed thoracoscopically.

This includes, but is not limited to the following procedures:

VATS Lobectomies: The removal of a lobe or portion of the lung.
VATS Pneumonectomies: The removal of the whole lung on one side of the body.
VATS Excision of Mediastinal or Oesophageal Masses: The removal of growths or tumours from the area between the lungs. (That incorporates the heart, oesophagus stomach pipe, trachea wind-pipe, lymph nodes or other tissue.)
VATS Decortication of the Lung: The removal of an infected or inflammatory pleural peel that entraps the lung and prevents it from adequately re-expanding.
VATS Drainage of Effusions: Performed along with biopsies of the pleura. That is the outer lining of the lung or chest wall.
VATS Pleurectomies: The stripping of the lining of the outer chest wall causing the lung to become densely adherent to the chest wall; thus preventing the re-accumulation of fluid around the lung (pleural effusion) or air around the lung (spontaneous pneumothoraces).

For more information on Minimally Invasive or Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) and Post-Operative Care, please click on the corresponding links to the right.